Burtonblue said:I echo your feelings of frustration at how today has worked out, but have to say that my priority would be to beat the rags and scouse and therefore keep my best players for those games, given that our second string should be plenty good enough to beat Sunderland's.i8rags said:Lose today but win on Tuesday is illogical, win today rest on Tuesday and have longer to beat the rag twats with rested players makes more sense, but for me win them both go six points clear and put them right under pressure when they come to us is what I wanted, but hey you can't have it all.Bluemanc100 said:+1 for those comments..... we have to hope that the "typical City" mantle is a thing of the past and this will make the desire to win stronger.
At least the dippers will come at us Tuesday and let us play
If RM had sent Silva out in the first half for him to get injured today and miss out on the next 2 games people would have been banging on about how Silva should have been rested against Sunderland....RM would have been criticised for not using the depth of talent at his disposal.
To be fair to the manager he did put Silva on after 60 mins as things weren't going to plan but it wasn't to be our day.
Beat Liverpool on tuesday and all will be well...
hilts said:it'sintheblood! said:quote="Ducado"]All discussion in here please all other threads will be deleted or merged
Not read all responses, but for me it was a game against Sunderland today not l'pool, so why not start with clichy, richards, silva, mario n aquero amd worry about pool tuesday.Also gotta stope bleating about having to play 2 games in 48 hrs...
it'sintheblood! said:hilts said:it'sintheblood! said:quote="Ducado"]All discussion in here please all other threads will be deleted or merged
Not read all responses, but for me it was a game against Sunderland today not l'pool, so why not start with clichy, richards, silva, mario n aquero amd worry about pool tuesday.Also gotta stope bleating about having to play 2 games in 48 hrs...
If you believe like all managers seem to believe that players need to be rested especially at this time of year then no one can really argue with mancini's team selection today. If however you think players dont need resting then he got it wrong.
I personally think nowadays it is impossible not to have to rotate your team for other reasons as well as fitness
Bluemanc100 said:Burtonblue said:i8rags said:Ffs, who picks the players, the first half was borderline shite, the second half improved somewhat with the the players bob swapped. So it's not the players fault. You don't go sea fishing in waders if you've got a trawler in dock.
I suppose you think it's reasonable to send our first 11 out today, tuesday against liverpool and saturday against the rags?!
As someone involved with football at league level I can assure you that players will not sustain that level of physical demand without a high likelyhood of getting injured, hence the importance of squad rotation and why we will probably end winning the league, as we do have the deepest squad.
Truth is today was our easiest game of the coming month, and the players sent out at the start were plenty good enough to win us the game. Despite not playing at their best, enough chances were created to win the game, they just weren't converted.
To blame the manager for that is easy but plain wrong in my opinion. It's the players who missed the chances.
+1 for those comments..... we have to hope that the "typical City" mantle is a thing of the past and this will make the desire to win stronger.
At least the dippers will come at us Tuesday and let us play
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:Bluemanc100 said:Burtonblue said:I suppose you think it's reasonable to send our first 11 out today, tuesday against liverpool and saturday against the rags?!
As someone involved with football at league level I can assure you that players will not sustain that level of physical demand without a high likelyhood of getting injured, hence the importance of squad rotation and why we will probably end winning the league, as we do have the deepest squad.
Truth is today was our easiest game of the coming month, and the players sent out at the start were plenty good enough to win us the game. Despite not playing at their best, enough chances were created to win the game, they just weren't converted.
To blame the manager for that is easy but plain wrong in my opinion. It's the players who missed the chances.
+1 for those comments..... we have to hope that the "typical City" mantle is a thing of the past and this will make the desire to win stronger.
At least the dippers will come at us Tuesday and let us play
Do you think they will? No chance. This has got defend all game and hit us on the break written all over it.
it'sintheblood! said:hilts said:it'sintheblood! said:quote="Ducado"]All discussion in here please all other threads will be deleted or merged
Not read all responses, but for me it was a game against Sunderland today not l'pool, so why not start with clichy, richards, silva, mario n aquero amd worry about pool tuesday.Also gotta stope bleating about having to play 2 games in 48 hrs...
If you believe like all managers seem to believe that players need to be rested especially at this time of year then no one can really argue with mancini's team selection today. If however you think players dont need resting then he got it wrong.
I personally think nowadays it is impossible not to have to rotate your team for other reasons as well as fitness
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:Bluemanc100 said:Burtonblue said:I suppose you think it's reasonable to send our first 11 out today, tuesday against liverpool and saturday against the rags?!
As someone involved with football at league level I can assure you that players will not sustain that level of physical demand without a high likelyhood of getting injured, hence the importance of squad rotation and why we will probably end winning the league, as we do have the deepest squad.
Truth is today was our easiest game of the coming month, and the players sent out at the start were plenty good enough to win us the game. Despite not playing at their best, enough chances were created to win the game, they just weren't converted.
To blame the manager for that is easy but plain wrong in my opinion. It's the players who missed the chances.
+1 for those comments..... we have to hope that the "typical City" mantle is a thing of the past and this will make the desire to win stronger.
At least the dippers will come at us Tuesday and let us play
Do you think they will? No chance. This has got defend all game and hit us on the break written all over it.
citychad64 said:Wow Cant believe i have just read 32 pages of fickle shite, some of you are unbelievable.
Yes we got mugged, Yes the goal was offside, yes some players under performed but by christ i cant believe some of the comments. "get rid of Dzeko" "Johnson shouldnt play again" "Ya Ya was shite" "Mancini doesnt know what hes doing". Perhaps some of you should look at yourselves and ask the question about your commitment to this project. This is going to be hard and maybe it could go down to the wire, but if you ever thought we would have this league tied up by March your as unblievalble as some of your comments. I even read one comment about not going to Liverpool now they have lost, GOOD you would probably be booing after five minutes anyway plus if you was a real fan you would go anyway .
Get real and get behind the boys and stop being so fickle!